History YMMV / HappyWars

* FakeBalance[=/=]GameBreaker: On paper, Happy Wars's three player classes are relatively balanced. Outside of class specific abilities, they all have access to the same buffs and equipment are comparable to each other [[SquishyWizard (other than Mages having less defense and a lack of shield)]]. However, outside of the Cleric's superior building capabilities and team support, one could argue that the Warrior is the go-to class for all other team needs.

** Warriors are the only class to have access to the Dash Attack. A fairly powerful attack in its own right, it consumes no AP, inflicts minor knockback, and can be chained indefinitely to traverse the map relatively quickly making any Mobility buffs next to useless. But if the Dash Attack isn't fast enough, [[ThatOneAttack they can also spam Rush to not only cover a fair amount of ground, but also annihilate anyone in their way]]. Entire AI teams spamming Rush has led to many lost games in Co-Op and Special Challenge. And then there's Rocketman AKA Rush taken UpToEleven. What Rocketman lacks in duration and distance is made up for in not only attack power, but for being the only ability in the entire game that can hurdle over obstacles and ignore fall damage. Lastly, both of these two abilities ignore speed debuffs, namely lightning status and sand traps.

** WinBackTheCrowd: Special event awards have fixed point requirements ever since the {{ilomilo}} promotion. It now only takes 100 points to earn a chest; every 500 earns a golden chest. Other recent events had a tendency of including several powerful items as rewards. As a result, special events have renewed player interest.

* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: The multiplayer bots' idea of helping with cannons and ballistae involves ignoring anything else going on to help build(like other players attacking you), attacking any walls you put up to keep OTHER bots/players away, getting in the last tap to steal the NonCombatEXP from building the thing and then taking a seat on it and either doing nothing or not shooting where you intended... and there's no way to force a friendly bot off a tactical weapon.* BrokenBase: Many examples amongst the community.

* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: The multiplayer bots' idea of helping with cannons and ballistae involves ignoring anything else going on to help build(like other players attacking you), attacking any walls you put up to keep OTHER bots/players away, getting in the last tap to steal the NonCombatExperience from building the thing and then taking a seat on it and either doing nothing or not shooting where you intended... and there's no way to force a friendly bot off a tactical weapon.* BrokenBase: Many examples amongst the community.

* BrokenBase: Many examples amongst the community.

* StopHelpingMe: The multiplayer bots' idea of helping with cannons and ballistae involves ignoring anything else going on to help build(like other players attacking you), attacking any walls you put up to keep OTHER bots/players away, getting in the last tap to steal the NonCombatExperience from building the thing and then taking a seat on it and either doing nothing or not shooting where you intended... and there's no way to force a friendly bot off a tactical weapon.

** Lagging, whether it is intentional or not, is the ire of the community. For those with bad internet connections, the naturally bad connections of this game along with other problems can get players hated by the fanbase on the same level as intentional lag. The unintentionally lagging defendants have no choice but try to defend themselves in vain. Supporters claim that they have nothing to do about it, while the people against it claim otherwise - by getting a better router.

* FakeBalance[=/=]GameBreaker: On paper, Happy Wars's three player classes are relatively balanced. Outside of class specific abilities, they all have access to the same buffs and equipment are comparable to each other [[SquishyWizard (other than Mages having less defense and a lack of shield)]]. However, outside of the Cleric's superior building capabilities and team support, one could argue that the [[GameBreaker Warrior is the go-to class for all other team needs]].

* FakeBalance: On paper, Happy Wars's three player classes are relatively balanced. Outside of class specific abilities, they all have access to the same buffs and equipment are comparable to each other [[SquishyWizard (other than Mages having less defense and a lack of shield)]]. However, outside of the Cleric's superior building capabilities and team support, one could argue that the [[GameBreaker Warrior is the go-to class for all other team needs]].

* LostInTranslation: Many a character phrase in the original Japanese version is replaced with a totally different quote in the English version.

* EasyLevelTrick: Several maps in the game are designed to where you and a small group can sneak along a side route completely undetected and [[SpeedRun quickly breach the enemy castle]] if you or another member of your group are running a Cleric. Numerous Website/YouTube videos showcase this tactic.

* {{Scrub}}: Quite a large portion of the playerbase is rather upset that many players choose to rush the enemy castle rather than take the control towers one by one.

** Matchmaking matches players according to their rank which works fine up until players reach the league rank. Suddenly, it’s not unusual for players Level 31 (the lowest level that can qualify for league rank) to be matched up with Level 60 players capable of carrying max-level equipment. Worse yet is when these strong players get matched with the lowest level players in the game (usually due to their own manipulation of matchmaking) who stand no chance of being able to defend themselves since they’re locked out from carrying strong equipment if they’re even lucky enough to get it in the first place! And of course, the experience and Happy Stars rewards are based on player performance and whether they win or lose, so naturally the stronger team will make out like bandits post-game.

** The Class Slayers will be the Demonic Spiders to your favorite class of choice. They deal so damage to them, it usually kills them instantly!

* GoddamnedBats[=/=]DemonicSpiders: Anytime when a mob of [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard A.I. opponents]] ([[NotTheIntendedUse or players]]) spam Rush against you and your team, likely killing you instantly from a result of repeated thrashings or knocking you off a cliff, into pool of lava/water, et cetera. April 2013's Special Challenge {{mook}}s and May 2014's Special Challenge warriors are prime examples of this.

* GoddamnedBats[=/=]DemonicSpiders: Anytime when a mob of [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard A.I. opponents]] ([[NotTheIntendedUse or players]]) spam Rush against you and your team, likely killing you instantly from a result of repeated thrashings or knocking you off a cliff, into pool of lava/water, et cetera. April 2013's special challenge {{mook}}s are a prime example of this.

** ChargedAttack can deliver a OneHitKill to all but the most defended of players. While charging up, the attack grants the user a small degree of SuperArmor to tank a couple of small hits. As an anti-infantry ability, it's relatively balanced. Then players learned that a well placed Charged Attack can tear down any barista along the castle walls, outperforming a Mage's Lightning Strike with regards to eliminating ballista users that seldom equip themselves with Cannon Durability Up.

* ThatOneAchievement: The MVP Achievement. [[labelnote:Achievement Description]]Have the most kills and least deaths in a game among all players.[[/labelnote]]
** As of the Berserker Update, the Archangel Achievement.[[labelnote:Achievement Description]]10,000 total healings as a Cleric.[[/labelnote]]

* ThatOneAchievement: The MVP Achievement.
** As of the Berserker Update, the Archangel Achievement.

** The Class Slayers will be the Demonic Spiders to your favorite class of choice since they deal so damage to them, it usually kills them instantly!

** Warriors are the only class to have access to the Dash Attack. A fairly powerful attack in its own right, it consumes no AP, inflicts minor knockback, and can be chained indefinitely to traverse the map relatively quickly making any Mobility buffs next to useless. But if the Dash Attack isn't fast enough, [[ThatOneAttack they can also spam Rush to cover ground, but also annihilate anyone in their way]]. Entire AI teams spamming Rush has led to many lost games in Co-Op and Special Challenge. And then there's Rocketman AKA Rush taken UpToEleven. What Rocketman lacks in duration and distance is made up for in not only attack power, but for being the only ability in the entire game that can hurdle over obstacles and ignore fall damage. Lastly, both of these two abilities ignore speed debuffs, namely lightning status and sand traps.

** ChargedAttack can deliver a OneHitKill to all but the most defended of players. While charging up, the attack grants the user a small degree of SuperArmor to tank a couple of small hits. As an anti-infantry ability, it's relatively balanced. Then players learned that a well placed Charged Attack can tear down any barista along the castle walls, outperforming a Mage's Lightning Strike with regards to eliminating barista users that seldom equip themselves with Cannon Durability Up.

** And now there's the Berserker Class. In-game, the Berserker is meant to be a side grade to the Warrior in the sense that you [[PaperRam trade health and defense for added strength]] and [[DualWielding an extra weapon]]. However, with DualWielding comes the capability of adding up to 8 attack buffs to the class (one way to utilize this is to gain Attack Up Level 12). The biggest problem the playerbase has is the Berserker SpinAttack, which not only gives directional control to a continuous attack, but also grants SuperArmor and added defense. Players using the Berserker Spin have been reported to tank a full power ChargedAttack. The fanbase has been near unanimous in deciding the class in general needs a {{Nerf}}.